Police still search for driver in fatal weekend bike crash

Ernesto Wiedenburg was killed Saturday evening in a hit-and-run crash.

Jan. 28, 2014

Colorado State Patrol Troopers Chad Kissler, left, and Ben Simpson reconstruct the scene of a fatal car versus bicyclist hit-and-run accident on the Interstate 25 frontage road near Colorado Highway 392 outside of Windsor on Sunday. Ernesto Wiedenbrug, 46, of Fort Collins, was found with serious injuries by Troopers Saturday evening and transported to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland where he died at the hospital. Police are still looking for a silver sedan suspected of hitting Wiedenbrug. / Erin Hooley/The Coloradoan

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Investigators seek the public’s help finding the driver in a weekend hit-and-run crash near Windsor that left a 46-year-old Fort Collins man dead.

Ernesto Wiedenbrug was riding his bicycle northbound at 5:44 p.m. Saturday on the Interstate 25 frontage road south of Kechter Road when a northbound vehicle collided with the back of his bike, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release.

He was wearing a helmet but suffered fatal torso injuries that resulted in his death, according to state patrol and the Larimer County Coroner’s Office, which found the cause of death to be accidental.

State troopers are actively searching for the vehicle, believed to be silver with damage to its front-right side and possibly the right side of the windshield.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information regarding it is asked to call trooper Ben Simpson at (303) 239-4501.

“Fleeing the scene of a crash in which someone is killed is a felony, and we take that very seriously,” Capt. Rob Marone, Colorado State Patrol’s troop commander in Fort Collins, said in a news release. “Our Troopers are investigating several leads, and we’re asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the vehicle and driver.”

The rate of motorist-bicyclist crashes in Fort Collins has outpaced city growth in recent years, but fatal crashes in the city are relatively rare. Data on crashes outside city limits wasn’t immediately available Monday.